Church And Reform: Bishops, Theologians, And Canon Lawyers In The Thought Of Pierre D'ailly (1351-1420) (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

344 Pages·2005·2.13 MB·English

by  Louis B. Pascoe

CHURCH AND REFORM
STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND
REFORMATION TRADITIONS
History, Culture, Religion, Ideas
FOUNDED BY HEIKO A. OBERMAN †
EDITED BY
ANDREW COLIN GOW, Edmonton, Alberta
IN COOPERATION WITH
THOMAS A. BRADY, Jr., Berkeley, California
JOHANNES FRIED, Frankfurt
BRAD GREGORY, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
BERNDT HAMM, Erlangen
GUSTAV HENNINGSEN, Copenhagen
SUSAN C. KARANT-NUNN, Tucson, Arizona
JÜRGENMIETHKE, Heidelberg
M. E. H. NICOLETTE MOUT, Leiden
VOLUMECV
LOUIS B. PASCOE, S.J.
CHURCH AND REFORM

60 chapter two
Pierre d’Ailly Kneeling in Prayer before the Virgin and Christ Child
Bibliothèque Municipale de Cambrai, Ms. 954, f. 1
CHURCH AND REFORM
BISHOPS, THEOLOGIANS, AND CANON LAWYERS
IN THE THOUGHT OF PIERRE D’AILLY (1351-1420)
BY
LOUIS B. PASCOE, S.J.
BRILL
LEIDEN•BOSTON
2005
Cover illustration:Coat of Arms: Cardinal Pierre d’Ailly
Bibliothèque Municipale de Cambrai, Ms. 926, f.1
Frontispiece: Pierre d’Ailly Kneeling in Prayer before the Virgin and Christ Child.
Bibliothèque Municipale de Cambrai, Ms. 954, f.1
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CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................ ix
Abbreviations ......................................................... xi
Introduction........................................................... 1
ChapterOne. Church andReform:TheApocalypticContext.... 11
1.Church HistoryasSeries ofPersecutions...................... 12
2.Schism, Antichrist, KnowledgeofArrival ..................... 28
3.Antichrist andPost-ApostolicPropheticRevelation........... 37
4.Reform: TheGospel and theApostolicIdeal ................. 44
ChapterTwo.Bishops: Status, Office, Authority.................... 53
1.Prelates: Terminology,Evolution,Categories.................. 53
2.Status: ApostolicSuccession.................................... 55
3.ApostolicMissionand Authority............................... 69
ChapterThree. Bishops: Pastoral Reform, andtheApostolic
Life ................................................................. 93
1.Dimensions ofReformProgram ............................... 93
2.Pastoral Reformand theApostolicIdeal ...................... 95
3.Specific AreasofPastoral Reform.............................. 102
ChapterFour.Bishops: Personal Reform,and theApostolicLife.. 137
1.Personal Reform:NatureandGoals........................... 137
2.Specific AspectsofPersonal Reform........................... 140
3.EpiscopalModelsoftheApostolicLife........................ 157
ChapterFive. Theologians:Status, Office, Authority............... 165
1.Status: Order,Hierarchy and Corporation.................... 165
2.Office: ApostolicMission: Teaching andPreaching........... 181
3.Authority:Corporateand Individual .......................... 192
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ChapterSix.Theologians: Theology,Science, Method ............ 207
1.TheQuestionofInfluences .................................... 207
2.Theology:Definition,Unity, andSubject...................... 208
3.TheScientific StatusofTheology.............................. 216
4.Method:TheologicalDiscourse andApologetics ............. 225
ChapterSeven. CanonLawyers: Law, Critique,Authority......... 235
1.AttitudetowardsCanonLawyers .............................. 237
2.Law: Nature, Varieties,Relationships.......................... 241
3.CanonLaw: CharacteristicsandRelationships ............... 250
4.RelationshipofCanonLaw toTheology...................... 257
Conclusion............................................................ 277
Bibliography .......................................................... 289
Index ofSubjectsandTerms......................................... 311
Index ofPersons andPlaces.......................................... 319
Index ofModernScholars ........................................... 323